In actual complete seriousness, I feel strongly that the struggles are self-inflicted. The mistake here is to consider these things as our essence -- belonging to the domain of men, rather than in the domain of humanity.
The detox, as we can see here, is a difficult process, because those who've bought into it most seriously can be positively frightened at the mere suggestion, and lash out at, e.g., spandex-wearing metrosexuals (for the record, I don't know of any who actually wear spandex -- not that it's a bad thing!) in response. But it's worth getting to a point where we can just realize that hey, you can think what you want but maybe don't put so much stock into it, like these definitions are the core of your being and your world. It's just not that big a deal, man, or acorn tree, or whatever you'd like to be called. We are all people, and we can celebrate both ourselves and each other without thinking of so many ways to tear us down.
